Archive of Michael Löwy

Isabelle Garo and Alex Cukier interviews Michael Löwy about his way into Marxism and the challenges for Marx's thought in the world today.

Eighty years ago, in August 1940, Leon Davidovitch Trotsky was assassinated in Mexico by Ramon Mercader, a fanatical agent of the Stalinist GPU. In this article acclaimed historian and thinker Michael Löwy looks at his writing on revolutionary art and assesses their contemporary relevance.

Michael Löwy, the French-Brazilian sociologist and philosopher, has been one of Europe's most influential Marxists for the past 30 years. In this interview, translated from Portuguese, he discusses Jair Bolsonaro and the global return of the right.

Michael Löwy reviews Enzo Traverso’s Left-Wing Melancholia. This article from Viento Sur was translated by David Broder.